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By: AJATT Plus » 学校になんか通うな

AJATT Plus » 学校になんか通うな — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:00:55 +0000

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By: Japanese Language Classes DON’T Suck

Japanese Language Classes DON’T Suck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:02:33 +0000

[...] at the All Japanese All the Time site Khatsumoto says: Classes suck. Not only do they cost money, but they’re boring and they don’t work. You only need look as far [...]

By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Potheads, Planners and Players

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:23:46 +0000

[...] is also why school sucks for learning, because it kills your maneuverability in order to get you to follow someone else’s plan [...]

By: stacy

stacy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:57:45 +0000

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:06:33 +0000

lol i agree classes suck. Im moving to japan next year and taking a class but only so i can
get a visa to stay there. Your way of learning is way better then some crappy class. Classes are super boring times 5! Anyways thanks for all the awesome posts. Hope to meet ya in japan next year

By: shipshape

shipshape — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:25:41 +0000

Hello

I’m not learning Japanese, but what you write is relevant for all language learning in my opinion.

I’m also an English teacher in a foreign country.

Shock horror, I agree with your sentiments completely. This may be why I have self-esteem issues.

My lessons are pointless and only enable my students to complete a few gap filling exercises in an exercise book and read some graded and, somewhat ineffectual, texts that bear little relation to real English.

The only benfit that a class gives people is the opportunity to interact in English where otherwise they would have none. However, what with the internet and everything, face-to-face language exchanges offer people the opportunity to do this from the comfort of their own home with a native speaker.

By: Reader Question: What if You Studied in School But Failed? | Spanish Only

Reader Question: What if You Studied in School But Failed? | Spanish Only — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:38:49 +0000

[...] should read this post (http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/classes-suck) as well. Also read his website, it contains some really good stuff. I know it talks about Japanese [...]

By: Leonardo Boiko

Leonardo Boiko — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:13:53 +0000

Classes are only as good as how much exposure to the language they provide. As the people in language acquisition theory says, you don’t learn (say) Japanese because the class teaches grammar, you learn Japanese despite the class teaching grammar. They could as well be teaching tea ceremony or enka singing or Dragon Quest strategy—the only real benefit is the exposure to Japanese.

By: Bobo

Bobo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:23:17 +0000

Honestly, I loved my classes. My classmates were so supportive and fun, and I honestly didn’t find that in any other class at university. I tried learning on my own and was way too overwhelmed. Classes helped me focus a lot better. I now have to start learning on my own again as I’m finished university, but I can’t say I regret at all taking my classes.

One thing that I know I will miss is the camaraderie of trying to learn another language with others. It’s not the same as when you’re asking questions online.

By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Aim to Fail

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:08:08 +0000

[...] or in preparation to go to school or travelling to and from school or doing homework for school; schools have plenty to answer for; they can’t bait with compulsory attendance and then switch to learner-parent responsibility [...]

By: Japanese Language Classes DON’T Suck | Dumb Otaku

Japanese Language Classes DON’T Suck | Dumb Otaku — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:33:11 +0000

[...] at the All Japanese All the Time site Khatsumoto says: Classes suck. Not only do they cost money, but they’re boring and they don’t work. You only need look as far [...]

By: Cihan

Cihan — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:45:51 +0000

I understand what everyone is saying! Khatz, I don’t even know you but I feel like do so it’s creepy. Anyway I think taking classes helps me score on Japanese. I mean even though they suck and stuff, I still don’t want to fail so it keeps me studying personally and it lets me study even more. I don’t know the more I surpass my classmates, the more I want to study. Your method is very addictive I must say and I’m grateful.

By: Do Classes Really Suck? AJATT Follow-up | yonasu.com

Do Classes Really Suck? AJATT Follow-up | yonasu.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:13:43 +0000

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By: Largo

Largo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:50:58 +0000

I admit it. I’m taking classes every week and still somehow enjoy them. Yes, there are complainers, people who ask why that kanji is so friggin’ illogical and yes it’s expensive. In Fact 20 lessons are half of my monthly income. It’s maybe that Switzerland is expensive or because I’m an apprentice. Not sure about this one.

I totally agree to you in most parts of this articles. Lessons don’t work, they take you nowhere and you have to listen to people who aren’t used to Japanese pronunciation. I won’t quit them so soon though. Why? I think you’re missing the social part in your method. Those people can motivate me to stay on path. So I won’t abandon the learning completely before I can make the time to start your method in the later half of this year, after my final exams in french and english.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:33:20 +0000

Haha….wow, brilliant. So, I was doing self-study for 3 months, then I was like “ahhhhh…too friggin hard!!!,” so then I signed up for a class and was bored out of my mind for 4 hours every night. Luckily I found this site, by the way it’s like a bible for myself as a Japanese learner. And now, I dropped that god-awful class. Hell, I learned more in one night with my nice SRS than i did with 2 weeks of that boring class. I think they are still stuck on hiragana in that class…pathetic waste of time that was.

Ok, enough of my rant, but seriously, this guy knows what he’s talking about. The fact that I actually felt comfortable with Japanese in one day of this method shows that it works.

By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to Learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency » No Fun, No Good: You Must Enjoy Learning Japanese

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:48:33 +0000

[...] This all sounds like a game, and it is, but at its core, it’s also about responsibility. There neither time nor room here to blame classes for sucking, teachers for boring lessons or classmates for being stupid and dragging you down. Even though all that may be true, you are responsible for making sure you enjoy yourself while learning Japanese. No one else is. [...]